Eyeglasses.



PATENTED $51 137, "190?, L. F. ADT. EYEGLASSES.

APPLIUATION FILED 1330.21.1'904.

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" UNITED STAT S;

PATENT est-res.

LEO F. ADfllpOF TROY, NEW YORK.

EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. filept; 17, 180?;

Applioatlon filed December-21,1904 Serial so. 23mm.

To all whom itmay concern: Be it known that I, LEO F. AM, of Troy, inthe county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eye' glasses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,.clear, and exact description of'the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-nu-' morals marked thereon. v i My present invention relates to improvements in eyeglasses and spectacles and has particularly for. its objects to provide an improved connection. between the v edges ofthe lensesand the other parts such as the bridges temples or nose guards, whereby not only a firm connection established between the parts, not

liable to become loosened in use, but one which may be readily formed from'sheet metal, without liability of breaking. F

I Another object of the. invention is to provide a connection which may be made adjustable within reasonable limits so that it is not necessary for an optician to carry in stock various sizes of clips for lenses in which the screw apertures are formed at different distances 1 from the edge.

clip having a'boxfor the reception of the ordinary spring and nose guards. Figs. 5 and 6 are views of a blank and a clip formed therefrom showing a'modification'of the invention. r

Similar referencb numerals indicate similar parts in the several figures. One of the principal features of the invention is the formation of an attaching device for lenses preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal, having a portion to-be secured to, or formed with, the spring, bridge, guards, temples or other part of the mounting; a lensattaching ear 1 extending over one face of the lens 2 and perforated and threaded, if desired, for the usual holding screwor stud 3, and a connected'cdge bearing portion indicated 'by 4, embodying the upwardly extending arm's, preferably arrangedcon the mounting opposite the lens attaching ear and bent inwardly or to ward said our to engage the edge of the lens above and below the plane of the: screw, a relatively large bond or loop 5 being formed between theparts. This loop or I bend affords material for adjusting the bearing portion 4 into close contact with the lens edge, if desired, toaccommodate the clip to lenses having screw apertures at different distances from the edge, but its principal advantage is that it'permits theemployment of material that is relatively stiff and springy and cannot readily be bent at a sharp angle and therefore suitableior bridge springs, so that a whole eyeglass mounting may be made of a single stamping. Thus in Figs. land of the drawings, the spring, indicated by 6', nose guard 7, the attaching lug 1, and the edge hearing poi tion 4 are formed from a single stamping-or blank, one

end of which is shown in Fig. 2, the other end "of course,

being the. same, and the arrangement of the parts when formed up and ready for use is shown in Fig. 1. It will be noted that in this form of mounting there are no sharp bends in the material to form' the bearing on the edge of the lens, and therefore no liability of breaking or injuring it informing.

Although primarily adapted for single piece mountings embodying the spring,.as shown, the construction and arrangement of the holding ear andthe edge hearing portion from fiat metal between, is one of the principal features of the invention and therefore it isembodied in holding clips shown in Figs. 3 and 4 in which a box Sis attached to or formed upon the part interme' d-iate the portions engaging the lens, for the attachment of any desired form of spring and nose guard, these besite the attaching ear 1, this mounting being formed! from the blank shown in Fig. 5 and while in this cont. struction the edge bearing portion 4 is not adjustable relatively to the aperture in the ear 1, a slight adjustment may be had by making a slight bend in the ear 1% as shown at 11.

Some of the advantages of clips in which the bearing portion 4 is adjustable is that the lenses are not liable "to be broken by unequal expansion ofthe glass and metal and further the optician is enabled to fit them to lenses having apertures at different distances from the i edge, without carrying Marge stock of different sizes and also, the lenses may be kept tight, the loop portion 5 of the clips being capable of being bent'and adjustedwith ordinary pliers. i i I While I have shown in Figs. 1 and 2, constructionsiiii which both the spring-and guards are formed with the clip and this construction is preferable, it will be on dorst'ood that a clip from which either or both of these members was omitted would be within the .inventibn thonghit is preferable that the ear 1 and bearing per tion 4 should extend from opposite edges of the intermediate portion of the clip which may Well serve as the base or support, at least, of the other necessary parts of the complete mounting.

I claim as my invention:

1. A lens mount for eyeglasses composed of a single piece of material embodying a lens-attaching ear, a hearing portion adapted to engage the lens edge above and below the attaching ear, and an adjustable loop connected td the lens edge bearing portion intermediate its upper and lower ends and extending outwardly and joining the mount.

2.- A lens mount having a lens attaching ear and a bearing portion for engaging the edge of the lens connected to the ear by a loop and adjustable substantially in the plane of the lens.

3. A lens mount having a lens attaching ear and a bearing portion for engaging the edge of the lens above and below the ear and connected thereto by an adjustable looped portion and adjustable substantially in the plane of the lens.

4. A lens mount having a lens attaching ear, :1 bearing portion for engaging the edge of the lens and a loop between the ear and bearing portion located beyond the edge of the lens.

A lens mount'composed of a single piece of metal embodying the lens attaching ear, :1 bearing portionfor engaging the edge of the lens and an adjustable loop intermediate the ear and bearing portion.

G. A lens mount composed of a single piece of sheet metal emhmlying the central portion or body, the-lens attaching ear extending from one side thereof, and the bearing, arm-extending from the other side of the body, thence bent inwardly toward the car and having the upper and lower extensions adapted to bear on the edge of a 8. The combination with a lens, of a clip therefor 1m; ing the central portion, the lens attaching ear extending from one side thereof and tlic arm extending from the other side toward the lens, thence inwardly toward the car and having the bearing portion engaging the edge of ihe lens above and below the point of attachment of the ear and free from other connection with the lens so that it may be bodily adjusted toward the edge of the latter.

9. The combination with a lens, oi a mounting coniposed of a single piece of material embodying the spring. the lens attaching ear extending outwardly from one side oi the spring and the free arm extending outwardly from the other side and then inwardly toward the ear and bearing upon the edge of the lens.

10. The combination with a lens, of a mounting composed of a single piece of sheet material, embodying the nose guard. the lens attaching ear extending from one side of the guard shank and the free arm extending from the other side of the guard shank toward the lens and then extending toward the car and bearing upon the. edge of the lens.

11. The combination with the lenses, of a mounting composed of a single piece of sheet material embodying the spring, the nose. guards at the ends thereof. the lens atiachiug cars at one side of the spring and the arms extending outwardly from the other side of the spring and thence inwardly toward the ears and bearing upon the edges of the lenses.

12. An eyeglass mounting composed of a single piece of material embodying a bridge, and a nose guard. a lens attaching ear proceeding edgewise from the material of the mounting and extending outwardly to cooperate with a surface of a lens. a loop portion also proceeding outwardly from an edge of the mounting and having a loop formed therein. the outer end-oi the loop being provided with a lens edge bearing portion extending above and below the lens attaching ear.

Witnesses CimnLns S. Annnlcu, K. PELLE KELLY. 

